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Ministry of Home Affairs
Union Home Minister Shri Amit Shah expressed his grief over the demise of the Governor of Madhya Pradesh Shri Lalji Tandon
Shri Lalji Tandon's entire life was devoted to public service and his demise is a real loss to the nation says Union Home Minister
As a public servant, Shri Lalji Tandon left a deep impression on Indian politics – Shri Amit Shah
Union Home Minister prayed to God for peace of the departed soul and expressed his condolences to Shri Lalji Tandon's family
Union Home Minister Shri Amit Shah expressed his deep grief over the demise of the Governor of Madhya Pradesh, Shri Lalji Tandon. In a tweet the Union Home Minister said Shri Lalji Tandon's entire life was devoted to public service.
Shri Amit Shah added that as a public servant, Shri Lalji Tandon has left a deep impression on Indian politics and his death is an irreparable loss for the country.
The Union Home Minister prayed to God for peace of the departed soul and expressed his condolences to his family.
Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas
Shri RameswarTeli distributes certificates and appointment letters to successful candidates of Skill Development Institute, Guwahati
Union Minister of State for Petroleum & Natural Gas and Labour & Employment, Shri Rameswar Teli distributed the course completion certificate and appointment letter to the successful candidates of Skill Development Institute, Guwahati , in a ceremony organised at Pipeline Headquarters of Oil India Limited  at Guwahati. Shri Sushil Chandra Mishra, Chairman & Managing Director, OIL, senior officials of OIL, faculty and trainees of SDIG were also present at the event. The programme also commemorated ‘Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav’- 75 glorious years since India attained independence.
Shri Teli congratulated the successful trainees of SDIG and appreciated the stellar role being played by the SDIG in transforming the lives of the trainees and their families. He lauded the efforts of the SDIG, OIL and training faculty for imparting skill training in 16 trades to more than 1,000 youths annually from the North East region of the country. He said under the visionary leadership of Hon’ble Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi, the Central Government has laid great stress on the skill development of our youth so that they become ‘AtmaNirbhar’ and contribute towards nation building. The success of the passed out youth shall also inspire other youth of the region to take up skill development courses. A coffee table book on the success stories of the trainees of SDIG, compiled by Pragati Edutech, was also released by the Minister in the presence of distinguished guests.
Skill Development Institute, Guwahati is a Corporate Social Responsibility  Initiative of Oil India Limited , India’s second largest National Exploration & Production company, with support from other oil & gas PSUs under the aegis of Minister of Petroleum & Natural Gas, Govt of India, established to empower youths of the country by providing them with skills training to enhance their employability in various sectors.
Ministry of Science & Technology
DST Secretary launches Logo & announces series of activities to celebrate Golden Jubilee Commemoration Year
Secretary Department of Science and Technology  Prof Ashutosh Sharma launched the official Logo to celebrate Golden Jubilee Commemoration Year and also announced thatsince this is the golden jubilee year of DST, many activities like special lecture series of 15-20 lectures in the form of webinars and short feature films on each Autonomous Institutions are planned throughout the year.
He urged each AI to actively participate and provide inputs to create awareness about their institute, current facilities, and areas of research through these activities.
Prof. Ashutosh Sharma mentioned that the newly launched logo will be printed on stationery items of DST, social, digital, and print documents. He urged all the Directors of the AI’s to use the newly launched 50 Year logo by representing it on banners in conferences held in the institutes. The institutions should co-brand the lecture series with the DST logo to create greater awareness about 50 years of existence of DST.
“DST is planning to make 3 Coffee table books both in physical and digital form one of which will be dedicated to the AI’s based on their journey, milestones, impacts, and outcomes in these 50 years,” Prof. Sharma said. He invited ideas and inputs from AI’s for the coffee table book to take a look at the significance of our journey and to look forward to another 50 years.
“Institutes which have facilities like museums can make a digital walkthrough or virtual tour which gives realistic version of what they are doing. This can turn into a rich source material and in this way institutes can reach out to the whole world which is otherwise limited due to the virus situation at present,” he added.
Department of Science & Technology, which was established on 3rd May 1971, is observing Golden Jubilee Commemoration Year during the period 3rd May 2020 to 2nd May 2021 with activities like lecture series, bringing out publications, documentaries, updating Wikipedia pages of Survey of India, and Autonomous Institutions under DST and events by DST autonomous organisations across the country.
Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers
IFFCO Bazar partners with SBI YONO Krishi App
Boosting accessibility of Quality Agri-products in India
Steps in line with Vocal for Local and Atmanirbhar Krishi vision of PM Shri Narendra Modi
www.iffcobazar.in, the e-commerce arm of IFFCO has announced its integration with the SBI YONO Krishi, which is the dedicated portal catering to the farmer’s needs. This will insure that a wide variety of agriculture products are made accessible to lakhs of Indian Farmers. Hassle free payment portal of SBI YONO and quality products of IFFCO is a combination which aims to drive the digital sales in this segment.
www.iffcobazar.in is one of the fast growing agriculture based e-commerce portals in India, promoted by IFFCO, biggest fertiliser manufacturer in the country. The portal is available in 12 Indian languages and promises free home delivery pan India. It also operates 1200+ stores in 26 states across India. A wide variety of products which include, speciality fertilisers, organic agri-inputs, seeds, agrochemicals, agri-machinery amongst others are made available on the portal.
Speaking on the partnership, Dr. U.S Awasthi, MD, IFFCO said that, “IFFCO and SBI are two of the oldest business institutions in India. The letter 'I' in our names, which stands for India, binds us together in letter and in spirit. I am proud to say that, through this integration the two proud 'Indian' institution with their combined synergy can work towards the betterment of Indian farmers." He further added that, “IFFCO has been at the service of farmers for the past 50 years. iffcobazar.in is a platform which will connect and serve the farmers digitally. It is aimed at realizing the dream of our PM of doubling income of farmers through a digital first and farmer centric approach. Through the portal, farmers can not only order best quality non-subsidised fertilisers and other agriculture inputs but can also get answers to their queries through a farmers’ forum and a dedicated helpline." He further added that “SBI is doing commendable work as a financial institution in India and its reach in rural India is unmatchable. I am confident that through the SBI YONO, the iffcobazar.in portal would be able to widen its reach among the farmers across India”
Mr. Yogendra Kumar, Marketing Director, IFFCO added that, "Finance and Fertilisers are two critical inputs for the farmers. With the partnership between SBI YONO and iffcobazar.in two of the biggest Indian institutions in their respective sectors can finally collaborate to get the best quality agri-inputs at the doorstep of farmers". He also said that,
"The collaboration will help IFFCO BAZAR to reach out to over 3 crore registered customers of YONO, a large part of which happens to be farmers. Through the partnership we can leverage the strong brand equity in rural India to create a trustworthy ecosystem which will ultimately help reduce the input costs for the farmers".
Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas
IndianOil and Dabur tie-up for “Direct2Home” sales to Indane LPG Households
Kolkata; February 23, 2022
IndianOil, India’s leading energy provider and Dabur India Limited, India’s leading Ayurveda major, have announced an exclusive partnership to provide direct access of Dabur’s range of trusted products to around 14 crore Indane LPG consumer households across India.
As a part of the tie-up, IndianOil’s Indane LPG distributors will become retail business partners for Dabur and will help sell the entire Dabur range of products directly to the crores of Indane LPG consumer households through their network of delivery personnel, creating customer delight. A technological and system integration is being carried out by IndianOil and Dabur to render seamless delight to the entire value chain, especially Indane LPG users.
This initiative will help Dabur to leverage IndianOil’s unmatched reach to Indian households.
“IndianOil is a customer-centric Corporation, constantly seeking to add value to our customers. We are extremely happy to tie up with Dabur India Ltd for distribution and supply of their products to our consumers. We are highly appreciative of this new go-to-market route, which will enable convenience and ease of buying for our customers through trusted Indane LPG distributors and their network of delivery personnel,” said Shri SS Lamba, Executive Director , IndianOil.
Shri Lamba also highlighted the dedication of Indane delivery personnel to ensure continuous supplies despite the adversities. “IndianOil, with 12,750 plus Indane distributors and more than 90,000 delivery personnel, caters to 14.3 crore households, in every nook and corner of the country. The dedication of our delivery personnel remains unparalleled. More recently, our Nation experienced the committed efforts of our delivery personnel first-hand, that ensured doorstep and continued delivery of LPG refills despite the disruptions of the pandemic and the lockdown”, he said.
Elaborating on the alliance, Shri Mohit Malhotra, CEO, Dabur India Limited said, “We are really excited to be the first FMCG Company to join hands with IndianOil for this unique partnership. This will bring us closer to millions of Indane LPG consumers across urban, semi-urban and rural areas and is an integral part of our multi-channel go-to-market strategy. As a company that’s dedicated to the health and well-being of every household, we have always been working towards not only improving our direct reach to consumer households but also enhance their buying experience. The coming together of two of the oldest and largest Indian brands, Dabur and IndianOil, should be able to unlock significant value for both the companies.”
The pandemic has changed many business models, and we strongly believe that consumers should be given an opportunity to buy our range of products from their homes. We are confident that this tie-up will allow us to ensure availability and easy access of Dabur’s diverse range of products directly to consumer households, said, Shri Adarsh Sharma, Executive Director-Sales, Dabur India Ltd.
Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
Global health leaders adopt ‘Delhi Declaration’ on digital health
“This Delhi Declaration on digital health firmly aligns with our Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi’s Digital India.” This was stated by Shri Ashwini Kumar Choubey, Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare, at the concluding session of the ‘4th Global Digital Health Partnership Summit,’ here today. As part of the high-level summit, the ministers and delegation also adopted the Delhi Declaration on digital health for sustainable development, which called for WHO’s leadership in digital health and for it to establish a specific mechanism to centrally coordinate digital health to assist its Member States.
Smt Anupriya Patel, Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare also graced the occasion along Dr. Poonam Khetrapal Singh, Regional Director, WHO South-East Asia Region  and Ms. Preeti Sudan, Secretary . Ministers and government officials from over 34 countries attended the event to discuss the impact of digital technologies on health systems and health services delivery.
The global intergovernmental meeting on digital health is being hosted by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfarein collaboration with World Health Organization  and the Global Digital Health Partnership .
Shri Choubey further stated that the declaration marks India’s commitment in maximizing the digital health investments to ensure UHC and realize Ayushman Bharat”. He further stressed on the need for sharing best practices in Digital Health among the countries.
Smt Anupriya Patel highlighted the initiatives of the Government in Digital Health. She said, ‘engaging citizens in partnering with government for planning and management of digital health interventions in health services delivery and improving governance are important.’
Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General, WHO in his live video address shared that, “Digital technologies are not just the latest trend – they are a vital tool for strengthening primary care, achieving universal health coverage, and achieving Sustainable Development Goals.” Speaking on bridging the gap of access to health services, Dr Tedros said, “Telemedicine, remote care and mobile health are helping us transform health by delivering care in people’s homes, instead of in hospitals and clinics
Ms. Preeti Sudan, Secretary  emphasized on the need make technology accessible so that people can benefit from digital health. “Our vision is to create an integrated digital health platform and have longitudinal electronic health record for 1.3 billion people of India with a view to reduce cost of repeated diagnostics, reduce out of pocket expenditure and ensure precision medication,” she said.
Ministry of Finance
Income Tax Department conducts searches in Mumbai
The Income Tax Department carried out search and seizure operations on 25.02.2022 on certain contractors executing contracts of Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation , a prominent person and their close associates. In all, more than 35 premises in Mumbai have been covered during the search operation.
During the course of the search operation, numerous incriminating documents, loose sheets and digital evidences have been found and seized. The evidences so seized strongly indicate a close nexus between these contractors and the said person. Particulars of about 3 dozen immovable properties, whose value could be more than Rs. 130 crore have also been detected. It includes properties acquired either in their name or their associates or benamidars. Evidences of their involvement in international hawala transaction and routing of the ill-gotten money to certain foreign jurisdictions have also been recovered. Loose sheets and excel files with details of unaccounted cash receipts and payments aggregating to several crores have also been found and seized, which have not been recorded in the regular books of account.
In the case of contractors, the seized documents reveal the modus-operandi adopted by them for large-scale suppression of taxable income by inflating their expenses. For this purpose, the prominent recourse is over-invoicing of sub-contract expenses through a maze of entities and by claiming non-genuine expenses. Certain instances show that cash has been taken out from these entities and the same has been utilized for obtaining undue favours for awarding of contracts and also for making unaccounted payments for investments in properties. The preliminary investigation indicates that these contractors have evaded income to the extent of Rs. 200 crore on account of the above malpractices.
During the search operation, undisclosed cash of Rs. 2 crore and jewellery of Rs. 1.5 crore have been seized so far.
Further investigations are in progress.
Ministry of Finance
Auction for Sale  of  ‘6.69% GS 2024’,  ‘7.10% GS 2029’,  New GS 2036  ‘7.40% GS 2062’
The Government of India  has announced the sale  of  “6.69% Government Security 2024” for a notified amount of ₹4,000 Crore  through price based auction using uniform price method,  “7.10% Government Security 2029” for a notified amount of ₹6,000 Crore  through price based auction using uniform price method,  “New Government Security 2036” for a notified amount of ₹11,000 Crore  through yield based auction using uniform price method and  “7.40% Government Security 2062” for a notified amount of ₹9,000 Crore  through price based auction using multiple price method. GoI will have the option to retain additional subscription up to ₹2,000 Crore against each security mentioned above. The auctions will be conducted by the Reserve Bank of India, Mumbai Office, Fort, Mumbai on December 16, 2022 .
Up to 5% of the notified amount of the sale of the securities will be allotted to eligible individuals and institutions as per the Scheme for Non-Competitive Bidding Facility in the Auction of Government Securities.
Both competitive and non-competitive bids for the auction should be submitted in electronic format on the Reserve Bank of India Core Banking Solution  system on December 16, 2022. The non-competitive bids should be submitted between 10.30 a.m. and 11.00 a.m. and the competitive bids should be submitted between 10.30 a.m. and 11.30 a.m.
The result of the auctions will be announced on December 16, 2022  and payment by successful bidders will be on December 19, 2022 .
The Securities will be eligible for “When Issued” trading in accordance with the guidelines on ‘When Issued transactions in Central Government Securities’ issued by the Reserve Bank of India vide circular No. RBI/2018-19/25 dated July 24, 2018 as amended from time to time.
Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution
Union Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution, Shri Ram Vilas Paswan chairs Consultative Committee Meeting of Members of Parliament on National Sugar Institute, Kanpur
The Union Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution, Shri Ram Vilas Paswan today chaired the meeting of Consultative Committee of Members of Parliament attached with the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution. The Consultative Committee Meeting reviewed the functioning of National Sugar Institute established at Kanpur. The institute which is a subordinate office of the Ministry performs the main functions of teaching, training, consultancy, research and preparation of Standards for Sugar.
Addressing the Chairman and other members of the committee, the Director of the institute asserted that the institution is working hard to convert the dream of Union Minister Shri Ram Vilas Paswan of transforming the institution into one of global eminence into reality. He stressed that the goal of the institution is to introduce one new course every year based on the needs and requirements of the industry. He also stated that another target is to ensure that atleast one new patent is filed annually. A brief presentation on the functioning of the institution was also presented before the Committee Members.
Union Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution, Shri Ram Vilas Paswan, addressing the gathering after the presentation stated that a future roadmap for growth and development of the institution must be made with optimum planning to ensure that all resources available with the institute are efficiently and efficaciously utilised.
The Minister of State for Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution, Shri C. R. Chaudhary praised the institution for the good job done in the avenues of training, research and consultancy. Shri Chaudhary exhorted that along with being a premier institution, it should also check on the employability factor of its students/scholars and also laid stress on the productivity aspect. He further stressed on the importance of taking research to the industries and factories.
Shri Chaudhary thanked Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi and Union Minister Shri Ram Vilas Paswan for the various schemes that have been introduced for the benefit of the Sugar farmers and improving the sustainability of the Sugar Industry. He said the focus should be on waste to wealth management as has been done by the institute for Bagasse and Filter cakes which help produce bio-gas.
President's Secretariat
PRESIDENT’S GREETINGS ON THE EVE OF BIRTHDAY OF SANT GURU RAVIDAS
The President of India, Smt. Droupadi Murmu has greeted fellow-citizens on the eve of birthday of Sant Guru Ravidas.
In a message, the President has said, “I extend my warm greetings and best wishes to all fellow citizens on the auspicious occasion of birth anniversary of Guru Ravidasji.
Sant Guru Ravidas was a great social reformer and messenger of peace, love and brotherhood. He worked tirelessly to remove caste and religion based discrimination. He worked for the upliftment of the downtrodden. He also wrote many compositions on different social issues.
His life is a unique example of sacrifice and penance. He considered service to humanity as service to God.
Let us follow his teachings and move forward with the overall aim of public well-being”.
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Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports
Anurag Singh Thakur to attend Khelo India Winter Games mascot, theme song and jersey launch
The mascot, theme song and jersey launch of the 3rd edition of Khelo India Winter Games will take place tomorrow, February 4 at the Lieutenant Governor’s House Raj Bhavan in Jammu. The Winter Games are scheduled to be held from the 10th to 14 this month.
Union Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports Anurag Singh Thakur will be present alongside theLG of Jammu and Kashmir Manoj Sinha and other dignitaries. The Khelo India Winter Games is supported by the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports and is organized by the J&K Sports Council as well as the Winter Games association of the J&K.
Approx 1500 athletes across the country will take part in the games that will take place in Gulmarg and will be played across 9 sports events. The 1st edition of the Khelo India Winter Games took place in 2020 and hosts Jammu and Kashmir have come on top in both editions of the games so far.